NorsePlay built a throwing axe target!
Yes, I built a NorsePlay branded axe throwing target! So if you know me, come over and bring your hand axe and marksmanship skills.
(And if you don't know me, bear in mind that I threw that axe into the target with deadly accuracy.)
Using only found-on-the-streets of Tucson pallets & discarded lumber, about $9 worth of drywall screws, a four random toggles, wood glue, various cans of leftover clearish coat spraypaints for weatherproofing, some lines of brushed acrylic, and about two weeks of post-dayjob summer evenings to draft & drill it into existence. The small carved bear head I adorned the top with just for bearserker-spiration.
Note that coloured pallets tend to be rentals, and by the time I learned that I'd already affixed the blue one inextricably into the project. Whoops. Other urban wood-hunting tip: Do not get pallets that have "MB" stamped on them as they've been fumigated with toxic methyl bromide pesticide that can mess you up just by direct contact. Yikes.
Sure, my target's less than NATF/WATL regulation in materials, but it's precisely the right dimensions with proper ring colours, and it'll save a person from going to one of those pay-to-play joints at $25 a session, so cash in on that sweet math.
In that spirit, if you do bring your hand axe over make sure it's in the neighborhood of 1.25-1.75 pounds, yes? Thanks, and I'll see you at the NorsePlay Axe Throwing lane.
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Guillermo Maytorena IV knew there was something special in the Norse Lore when he picked up a copy of the d'Aulaires' Norse Gods and Giants at age seven. Since then he's been fascinated by the truthful potency of Norse Mythology, passionately read & studied, embraced Ásatrú, launched the Map of Midgard project, and spearheaded the neologism/brand NorsePlay. If you have employment/opportunities in investigative mythology, field research, or product development to offer, do contact him.
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(And if you don't know me, bear in mind that I threw that axe into the target with deadly accuracy.)
Using only found-on-the-streets of Tucson pallets & discarded lumber, about $9 worth of drywall screws, a four random toggles, wood glue, various cans of leftover clearish coat spraypaints for weatherproofing, some lines of brushed acrylic, and about two weeks of post-dayjob summer evenings to draft & drill it into existence. The small carved bear head I adorned the top with just for bearserker-spiration.
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Note that coloured pallets tend to be rentals, and by the time I learned that I'd already affixed the blue one inextricably into the project. Whoops. Other urban wood-hunting tip: Do not get pallets that have "MB" stamped on them as they've been fumigated with toxic methyl bromide pesticide that can mess you up just by direct contact. Yikes.
Sure, my target's less than NATF/WATL regulation in materials, but it's precisely the right dimensions with proper ring colours, and it'll save a person from going to one of those pay-to-play joints at $25 a session, so cash in on that sweet math.
In that spirit, if you do bring your hand axe over make sure it's in the neighborhood of 1.25-1.75 pounds, yes? Thanks, and I'll see you at the NorsePlay Axe Throwing lane.
# # #
Guillermo Maytorena IV knew there was something special in the Norse Lore when he picked up a copy of the d'Aulaires' Norse Gods and Giants at age seven. Since then he's been fascinated by the truthful potency of Norse Mythology, passionately read & studied, embraced Ásatrú, launched the Map of Midgard project, and spearheaded the neologism/brand NorsePlay. If you have employment/opportunities in investigative mythology, field research, or product development to offer, do contact him.
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